#Textiles & Apparel / Garment

2021-12-22

Neonyt and Val:ue from 18 to 20 January 2022 are cancelled

Due to the increasingly tense Covid 19 situation recurring worldwide, Neonyt, the leading business platform for fashion, sustainability and innovation organized by Messe Frankfurt is cancelled. Neonyt and Val:ue will postpone their physical premiere in Frankfurt to the summer edition from July 5 to 7, 2022, parallel to the other trade fairs of Frankfurt Fashion Week.

As the German government’s council of experts are predicting a worsening of the pandemic situation in Germany, potentially caused by the omicron variant, it is currently not possible for Messe Frankfurt as the organizer of the trade fair formats Neonyt and Val:ue to keep the date for the first staging of the fashion trade fairs in Frankfurt from 18 to 20 January 2022.

"Despite having invested all our passion, energy, ingenuity and optimism into Neonyt over the past months - the unpredictable current development, which is clearly beyond our sphere of influence, has led to a significant deterioration of the basic framework that is necessary for the implementation of Neonyt as a trade fair of European relevance. The same applies to the content creation format of Prepeek that accompanies Neonyt," says Bettina Bär, Show Director Neonyt and Val:ue, adding: "I would like to explicitly thank all our partners from the Neonyt community who, like us, believed in a physical event until the very end and worked together with us to try and accomplish this."

In addition to Neonyt, the trade fair Val:ue, newly initiated by Messe Frankfurt as a homebase for quality and lifestyle fashion in the mainstream sector, will also have to postpone its physical Frankfurt premiere until July 2022.

As a valuable driver of the textile and fashion industry, Fashionsustain is still expected to take place as a hybrid version in a reduced format with a regional focus. As a multidisciplinary conference format, it will thus continue to be a valuable source of impetus for the textile and fashion industry. As of today, the Neonyt installation planned in the off-location Danzig am Platz will still also take place on the basis of precise 2G (vaccinated or recovered) and 2G+ (vaccinated or recovered and tested) concepts.

Further information on the detailed program of showcases and conferences can already be found on the homepage and will be announced successively. Accreditations for press representatives are still possible here:

https://frankfurt.fashion/en/press/

Neonyt will now be held from 5 to 7 July 2022.

Messe Frankfurt commits further to East Africa: three textiles trade fairs during Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week from 2027

Messe Frankfurt and its Texpertise Network continue their steady, successful trajectory in the region. As Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week (ASFW) opened today, Member of the Executive Board Detlef Braun announced that Messe Frankfurt is licencing its three leading international trade fair brands Texworld, Apparel Sourcing and Texprocess to Nairobi, Kenya for the first time in 2027. From now on, they will take place annually as part of the Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week (ASFW) Nairobi.

Speed and connectivity: Techtextil and Texprocess provided market-ready solutions for industries under pressure

With more than 36,000 visitors and 1,700 exhibitors from a total of 112 countries, Techtextil and Texprocess 2026 demonstrated how innovation comes into industrial use. The convergence of research, industry and application proved to be a breeding ground for new material solutions, manufacturing and processing technologies. Natural fibres, performance apparel, connected systems and AI-driven processing technologies emerged as key growth and future markets.

“We Believe in the Value of Textiles”: Successful Opening of the KARL MAYER TEXTILE INNOVATION CENTER

KARL MAYER inaugurated its new, state-of-the-art TEXTILE INNOVATION CENTER (TIC) with a four-day opening week from April 21 to 24. The highlight of the week was the grand opening on Thursday, which drew a strong turnout from the international textile industry: around 220 customers, brands, and partners from across the textile value chain came to the company’s headquarters in Obertshausen for a first-hand look at the new high-tech development environment and lively exchange with industry peers.

Texhibition Istanbul signals stability and global connectivity

From 4 to 6 March 2026, Texhibition Istanbul once again brought together the international textile industry at the Istanbul Expo Center. Organized by İTKİB Fuarcılık A.Ş. in cooperation with the Istanbul Textile Exporters Association (İTHİB), the fair confirmed its role as one of the most important international sourcing platforms for fabrics and textile innovation. With 500+ exhibitors across 5 halls on 42,850 sqm, the trade fair attracted 19,325 visitors. Among them, 5.565 international visitors represented Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, North America, and other regions, underlining the show’s expanding global reach.

Val:ue Milan unveiled – a curated boutique business hub for high-end apparel textiles

Messe Frankfurt continues to expand its international textile network with the announcement of Val:ue Milan. Moving beyond the traditional trade fair model, Val:ue Milan debuts as a prestigious, boutique-style business hub exclusively dedicated to elected fabrics and accessories for apparel. Taking place from February 3 to 5, 2027, at The Mall in Porta Nuova, the event breaks away from conventional formats through a strictly curated environment designed for strategic networking. By bridging the gap between high-end international manufacturers and top-tier segment buyers, Val:ue Milan further strengthens the Group’s global portfolio with a unique, high-impact concept built around a refined and carefully selected offering.

Solving the Feedstock Gap: Unlocking Post-consumer Feedstocks for Textile-to-Textile Recycling in Europe

Fashion for Good launches Project FAE (Feedstock Activation Europe) to develop the sorting and pre-processing infrastructure needed to channel non-rewearable post-consumer textiles into textile-to-textile (T2T) recycling at scale. The project is a practical response to one of the most pressing problems in textile circularity: making post-consumer waste a viable, commercially competitive raw material for recyclers.

Walter Reiners Foundation Prize awarded to three ITA graduates

Sabina Dann, Lukas Balon and Annegret Storm from the Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University were awarded the Walter Reiners Foundation Prize by the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) for their master’s and bachelor’s theses. Peter Dornier, Chairman of the Walter Reiners Foundation, presented the awards during Techtextil at the VDMA stand in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

A new standard to combat plastic waste in forests

With DIN SPEC 35808 “Tree Shelter for Forestry Applications,” the testing and research service provider Hohenstein, in collaboration with Rottenburg University of Forestry, as well as forestry authorities and industry partners, has established a clear framework for bio-based and fully biodegradable tree shelters. The pre-standard defines requirements and practical testing methods designed to reduce plastic waste in forests and strengthen the long-term protection of soil and the environment.